Science housewares on an episode of Portlandia

This is a scene from the latest Portlandia episode, mocking the trend for lab glassware as quirky science housewares.

(Video available on Facebook, or on the IFC YouTube channel if you’re in the USA)

I hope real scientists are exempt from mocking, because I have a test tube spice rack, erlenmeyer flash measuring glass, and test tube miniature vases. None of it in the price range of the items in this video, I should add.

Eva Amsen is a writer, science communicator and blogger. She has been writing about science and scientists in art/culture/life since 2005, both on this blog and for other sites and publications.
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